What are you reading now?

[Strawb]

Score April 2008 issue.

[Mr66]

Score April 2008 issue.

UK or American version?
Camille Morgan is my fave this month.


'Cream - How Eric Clapton took the World by Storm' - Dave Thompson

[Dogwatcher]

Just finished a bio on Lee Harvey Oswald.

Now reading (again) Still Suitable for Mines - a Billy Bragg bio.

[Mr66]

The Rough Guide to Heavy Metal

[Dogwatcher]

The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer - Uncut...

by Paul Barry.

[RustyCage]

The "What are you reading now?" thread on safooty.net

[brod]

"And Another Thing...The World According to Clarkson VOLUME 2"
by Jeremy Clarkson

[Dogwatcher]

Just finished Lifting The Veil, on Iran after the Revolution.

Now reading Bryson's Down Under.

[Pseudo]

Just finished Lifting The Veil, on Iran after the Revolution.

Now reading Bryson's Down Under.

Haven't seen this thread for a while. Not a bad one to bump.

Read Down Under yonks ago, didn't think much of it. Spent too much time getting between the main towns and doing bugger-all when he got to each one. Very much a waste, given the treatment he could have given our capital cities with his sense of humour. Neither Here Nor There was better Bryson; he actually did interesting stuff in the places he visited. (That was Europe, BTW)

Currently on Neil Gaiman's "Smoke and Mirrors" myself. A collection of short stories, passed on to me from a bloke at work. Better than expected thus far.

[The Big Shrek]

Just finished "The Comedians" by Graham Greene. The story of a white man in 1960s Haiti watching the country slip into ruin. Now I understand why the Haitian national dish is dirt cakes.

Am also nearing the end of a Game Theory textbook. It is written from a social science perspective, so the theory is used to form analogies with social behaviour, which is interesting. Unfortunately I've found about 7 errors in the mathematics presented in the book, which is annoying.

Next book is likely to be an Ian Rankin title, i.e. Inspector Rebus.

Game theory eeerghh! I thought it would be fun i.e. talking about Double Dragon. It wasn't. Dealt with it a bit in contract theory. For example why people should/shouldn't behave in long term contracts, prisoner's dilemma. It all sucks balls, assumes people act rationally for their own self interest.

[Baron Greenback]

The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly.
Read the first one recently and loved it.
This one is just as good so far.

[Dogwatcher]

Read Down Under yonks ago, didn't think much of it. Spent too much time getting between the main towns and doing bugger-all when he got to each one. Very much a waste, given the treatment he could have given our capital cities with his sense of humour. Neither Here Nor There was better Bryson; he actually did interesting stuff in the places he visited. (That was Europe, BTW)

I totally agree on that. His visit to Adelaide was very disappointing - in terms of how little he actually wrote about it.

I'm reading the part where he's in Kellyland, Victoria.

[Rik E Boy]

The Spanish Inquistion
Some Jackie Collins shit LOL
Murder in Mind

always read about three things at the same time (you know what I mean).

regards,

REB

[Magpiespower]

Timebends by Arthur Miller.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Wake in fright.

Again.

[panthergurl]

Cross Country - James Patterson

[Strawb]

The Godson by Robert G Barrett top aussie author.
Recently Read
The Last Juror
A Time to Kill
The Rainmaker
The Broker
Runaway Jury
The Chamber
The Summons

[godoubleblues]

The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly.
Read the first one recently and loved it.
This one is just as good so far.

I was reading that and enjoying it until I got to page 326, it then jumped to about page 380, missing 60 odd pages
contacted the publisher and received a new copy the other day, now need to finish it

[Dogwatcher]

Now: All Out - The Ashes 2006/07, Gideon Haigh.

A superlative writer.

[Big Phil]

The Draft by Emma Quayle